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Continuum
Username: continuum

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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 - 3:23:   
Does anyone know of an SAS controller that will allow copying of a single SAS drive without having to initialise?

We have several controllers all of which need to initialise a SAS drive in order to see it in winhex.
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John Ahearne
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 - 18:37:   
I use LSI logic SAS3041. It comes in 64-bit PCI-X and 4x PCIe slots.

It says it's a RAID card, but it will pass through JBODs.
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Continuum
Username: continuum

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Posted on Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 - 2:14:   
So you do not need to initialise?

Will it keep the data intact?
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John Ahearne
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Posted on Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 - 23:22:   
No, never initialize anything you want to preserve and it will keep the data intact. The key is to look for a card that supports JBODs and the one I listed works for me.

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